Broken Link Checker 1.11.9

Does Broken Link Checker work with WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
5PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 322.47 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version5.3
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 700,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/
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Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=broken-link-checker%2Fbroken-link-checker.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ce40926e29
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.245 s
Memory usage 4.42 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Broken Links

Page screenshot: Tools → Broken Links
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=view-broken-links
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.498 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Link Checker

Page screenshot: Settings → Link Checker
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=link-checker-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.359 s
Memory usage 4.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.239 s
Memory usage 3.51 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.474 s
Memory usage 3.96 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.375 s0.315 s-0.060 s3.62 MiB3.96 MiB+ 353.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.327 s0.253 s-0.074 s3.65 MiB3.99 MiB+ 350.22 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.507 s1.946 s+0.439 s5.36 MiB5.7 MiB+ 357.35 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.778 s0.471 s-0.307 s3.48 MiB3.82 MiB+ 349.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.273 s0.335 s+0.062 s3.56 MiB3.81 MiB+ 255.67 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.300 s0.256 s-0.044 s3.46 MiB3.8 MiB+ 349.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.287 s0.379 s+0.092 s3.56 MiB3.84 MiB+ 286.64 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.445 s1.335 s-0.110 s5.34 MiB5.69 MiB+ 350.94 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.275 s0.437 s+0.162 s3.46 MiB3.81 MiB+ 349.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.390 s0.413 s+0.023 s3.57 MiB3.91 MiB+ 349.07 KiB
/0.411 s0.423 s+0.012 s3.32 MiB3.51 MiB+ 196.28 KiB
Average 0.579 s0.597 s+0.018 s3.85 MiB4.17 MiB+ 322.47 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 4

Options wp_options 2

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "blc_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Broken Link Checker",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[13-Nov-2019 15:35:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[13-Nov-2019 15:35:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[13-Nov-2019 15:35:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[13-Nov-2019 15:35:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/modules/checkers/http.php on line 147
[13-Nov-2019 15:35:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checker/core/core.php on line 957
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Broken Link Checker Admin Menus and Widgets